Accelerating Final Payoff Doesn’t Permit Modifying a Home Mortgage
Debtor’s clever strategy to prepay a mortgage didn’t invoke Section 1322(c)(2).
Frost on Homesteads in Chapter 13 Extended to Exempt IRAs in Chapter 7
Debtors must maintain exempt status of assets until chapter 7 case is closed, judge rules.
District Judge in Dallas Splits with Eleventh Circuit on Judicial Estoppel
Conversion to chapter 7 bars judicial estoppel on claim arising after filing.
Austin Judge Writes Treatise on Valuation of Personal Property
Lender needs more than Blue Book value to win a valuation trial.
Texas Judges Disagree About Exemption for Sale Proceeds from a Homestead
Judge finds a loophole in a Fifth Circuit opinion on the homestead exemption.
Exemptions Are Not a Moving Target the Trustee Can Shoot Down at Any Time
Judge Isgur interprets Schwab v. Reilly to benefit debtors and disadvantage trustees.
Benefit to Consumer Required for Involuntary Conversion from Chapter 7 to 11
Judge lays down a tough rule, then goes easy on consumer debtors.
Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan
Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.